Ben works on the Investment Team for GIF, assessing applications and working with the team on due diligence of investments. Ben has an ambition to tackle inequality and help create a more equitable world for all.

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David is Director of Delivery & Investment at UnLtd. He has over 15 years of experience of social purpose business support and social investment. David started his career in consultancy and financial services with McKinsey & Company and Lloyds Banking Group respectively.

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Farai works on the Growth Impact Fund as an Investment Analyst and supports the team by analysing potential investees, carrying out due-diligence and assisting with investment appraisal to help fund socially focussed organisations. Farai developed an interest in the social investment sector after becoming involved in charity work as a charity Trustee.

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Lars is Head of Investments at Big Issue Invest and joined BII in 2016. Lars has over 20 years’ experience in direct investment and investment management and has launched two funds at BII. Lars started his career in Berlin with BDO in Corporate Finance before moving to London to work for SISU Capital, sourcing and managing direct Private Equity investments. He spent 6 years in the Middle East in Venture and Private Equity with a focus on education, healthcare and real estate.

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Mathu Jeyaloganathan is the Head of Investments at UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs. Previously she spearheaded a cross-organisational effort at UnLtd by leading on the Social Enterprise Support Fund, ensuring millions of pounds of covid response funding reached diverse entrepreneurs and investees. Mathu now leads the Growth Impact Fund, improving social investment for founders from underrepresented backgrounds and their teams.

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Oyinkansola comes from a background in legal and finance administration. As the Investment Analyst, she supports the fund management and lending team with documenting board and committee meetings, committee paper drafting, external and internal communication, GDPR, KYC / AML monitoring and Sector analysis.

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Sarah is an Investment Director at Big Issue Invest, and alongside Mathu leads the Growth Impact Fund ensuring that flexible investment reaches underrepresented founders. Sarah previously ran the Young Academy Investment Fund which aimed to scale education organisations. Sarah hopes that the learnings from the fund can help to create a more equitable and diverse social investment sector.

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Trishna is the Portfolio Lead at UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs. She manages a portfolio of investees across UnLtd and the Growth impact Fund, leading the delivery of pre and post investment support, and developing outreach strategies to improve access to capital for underrepresented founders. Prior to working at UnLtd, Trishna was an Investment Manager at Nesta, and has worked with social purpose organisations across arts & culture, health, education and social justice sectors in the US.

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